Man touches Mexican president while she spoke with citizens in Mexico City streets

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was talking to citizens on the street in Mexico City’s historic center on Tuesday when a man who appeared to be drunk came up behind her and touched her before a government official intervened.

In a video widely circulated on social platforms, the man is seen leaning down, kissing and touching the president’s body with his hands. She slowly pushed his hands away, maintaining a harsh smile as she turned to face him. “Don’t worry,” he was heard saying in part.

The president’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the incident.

Sheinbaum, like his predecessor and former political mentor President Andrés Manuel López Obradortries to maintain a connection with peopleThey often dive into the crowd for selfies and handshakes.

The security detail was not immediately visible in the close-up video taken Tuesday.

It was an unnerving scene as Sheinbaum had to answer questions about political violence multiple times in a week. Public assassination of the mayor In western Michoacan state. On Tuesday, Sheinbaum met with the mayor’s widow.

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